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Folklore In As I Lay Dying

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The most interesting idea expressed in the article about folklore in As I Lay Dying was how the conflict in the story is actually man vs. man instead of man vs. surroundings. The concept that Addie is the antagonist opposed to the disastrous trip the rest of the Bundrens take to bury is an argument as to why the story is folklore in its form. The one type of the five basic folk stories that As I Lay Dying can be classified as in relation to the above point is “those materials that treat the predicament of the mourning husband who cannot bear to part himself from his dead wife and thus carries her corpse along with him.” This action is performed both literally and metaphorically. While Anse is taking Addie’s body to be buried, he is also holding

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